Human-Centric Geography

Paper Code: 
GEO144a
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
 After studying this The students will develop in-depth knowledge of the major paradigm shifts in human geographic thought. They will know about the different Economy related terms about the economic development, world resources, and agriculture and food security also locational patterns of the trade.They will acquire all the attributes which is associated with the population like growth, demography, social well being along with population and their policies. They will identify which kind of steps should be taken by the government to control the population. Students will acquire about the importance of regional planning, its different aspect like regional development strategies and why do we need to plan sustainable strategies. After studying this students will understand some theories and models given by some prominent scholars, what they have assumed, what they have formulated on behalf of some variables.
12.00
Unit I: 
Perspectives in Human Geography
• Areal differentiation and Regional synthesis;
• Dichotomy and dualism;
• Environmentalism;
• Quantitative revolution
• Radical, Behavioural, Human and Welfare approaches;
• Languages, religions and secularization;
• Cultural regions of the world;
• Human development index.
12.00
Unit II: 
Economic Geography
• World economic development: measurement and problems;
• World resources and their distribution;8
• Energy crisis; the limits to growth;
• World agriculture: typology of agricultural regions;
• Agricultural inputs and productivity;
• Food and nutrition problems;
• Food security;
• World industries: locational patterns and problems; patterns of world trade.
12.00
Unit III: 
Population Geography
• Growth and distribution of world population;
• demographic attributes;
• Causes and consequences of migration;
• concepts of over-under-and optimum population;
• world population problems and policies,
• Social well-being and quality of life;
• Population as social capital.
• Problems and remedies of urbanization
• Sustainable development of cities
12.00
Unit IV: 
Regional Planning
• Concept of a region;
• Types of regions and methods of regionalization;
• Growth centers and growth poles;
• Regional imbalances;
• regional development strategies;
• environmental issues in regional planning;
• Planning for sustainable development
12.00
Unit V: 
Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography
• Systems analysis in Human geography;
• Malthusian and demographic transition models;
• Central Place theories of Christaller and Losch;
• Von Thunen's model of agricultural location;
• Weber's model of industrial location.
Essential Readings: 
 Rubenstin, James: Contemporary Human Geography (Pearson Education, Delhi,
 2015).
 Leong ; Morgan,Gillian C.: Human and Economic Geography (Delhi ,1982 )
 Hussain, M: Human Geography (Rawat Publications, 2003, New Delhi)
 Kumar,Avinash :Models Theories and Laws in Human Geography ( Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 2014)
 Singh,Vaishali: Human Geography(Alka Publications, New Delhi ,2011)
 Sharma, Sandeep :Human Geography (Rajat Publications, Delhi, 2015)
 Borgohain, Bani :Human Rights : Social Justice and Political Challenges (Kanishka Publishers, Delhi, 2014)
Academic Year: 
2023-2024